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Larry Gura

Lawrence Cyril Gura

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 26, 1947 in Joliet, IL
High School: East (Joliet, IL)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1970
Teams (by GP): Royals/Cubs/Yankees 1970-1985

Final Game: July 27, 1985
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:07AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #404. Randy Myers… #405. Charles Nagy… #406. Stu Miller… #407. LARRY GURA… #408. Ray Sadecki… #409. Don Gullett… #410. Dick Rudolph… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1970 22 CHC NL 1 3 .250 3.79 20 3 10 1 0 1 38.0 35 18 16 6 23 3 21 1 0 0 167 119 1.526 8.3 1.4 5.4 5.0 0.91
1971 23 CHC NL 0 0 6.00 6 0 2 0 0 1 3.0 6 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 18 74 2.333 18.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1972 24 CHC NL 0 0 3.65 7 0 2 0 0 0 12.1 11 5 5 3 3 1 13 0 0 1 49 108 1.135 8.0 2.2 2.2 9.5 4.33
1973 25 CHC NL 2 4 .333 4.87 21 7 6 0 0 0 64.2 79 39 35 10 11 0 43 1 0 1 282 81 1.392 11.0 1.4 1.5 6.0 3.91
1974 26 NYY AL 5 1 .833 2.41 8 8 0 4 2 0 56.0 54 17 15 2 12 1 17 0 0 0 230 148 1.179 8.7 0.3 1.9 2.7 1.42
1975 27 NYY AL 7 8 .467 3.51 26 20 3 5 0 0 151.1 173 65 59 13 41 1 65 3 0 0 640 106 1.414 10.3 0.8 2.4 3.9 1.59
1976 28 KCR AL 4 0 1.000 2.30 20 2 7 1 1 1 62.2 47 20 16 4 20 3 22 1 0 2 249 154 1.069 6.8 0.6 2.9 3.2 1.10
1977 29 KCR AL 8 5 .615 3.13 52 6 24 1 1 10 106.1 108 43 37 8 28 4 46 1 1 4 445 131 1.279 9.1 0.7 2.4 3.9 1.64
1978 30 KCR AL 16 4 .800 2.72 35 26 1 8 2 0 221.2 183 73 67 13 60 3 81 4 1 1 890 142 1.096 7.4 0.5 2.4 3.3 1.35 CYA-7,MVP-23
1979 31 KCR AL 13 12 .520 4.47 39 33 1 7 1 0 233.2 226 137 116 29 73 4 85 7 1 5 991 96 1.280 8.7 1.1 2.8 3.3 1.16
1980 32 KCR AL 18 10 .643 2.95 36 36 0 16 4 0 283.1 272 107 93 20 76 6 113 5 0 2 1175 137 1.228 8.6 0.6 2.4 3.6 1.49 AS,CYA-6
1981 33 KCR AL 11 8 .579 2.72 23 23 0 12 2 0 172.1 139 61 52 11 35 0 61 4 0 3 680 133 1.010 7.3 0.6 1.8 3.2 1.74 CYA-9
1982 34 KCR AL 18 12 .600 4.03 37 37 0 8 3 0 248.0 251 124 111 31 64 2 98 6 0 6 1042 101 1.270 9.1 1.1 2.3 3.6 1.53
1983 35 KCR AL 11 18 .379 4.90 34 31 1 5 0 0 200.1 220 119 109 23 76 6 57 8 0 0 881 83 1.478 9.9 1.0 3.4 2.6 0.75
1984 36 KCR AL 12 9 .571 5.18 31 25 1 3 0 0 168.2 175 102 97 26 67 3 68 4 0 0 732 78 1.435 9.3 1.4 3.6 3.6 1.01
1985 37 TOT MLB 0 3 .000 9.12 8 4 2 0 0 1 24.2 41 25 25 5 10 0 9 1 0 1 125 45 2.068 15.0 1.8 3.6 3.3 0.90
1985 37 KCR AL 0 0 12.46 3 0 2 0 0 1 4.1 7 6 6 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 23 36 2.538 14.5 2.1 8.3 4.2 0.50
1985 37 CHC NL 0 3 .000 8.41 5 4 0 0 0 0 20.1 34 19 19 4 6 0 7 1 0 0 102 48 1.967 15.0 1.8 2.7 3.1 1.17
16 Seasons 126 97 .565 3.76 403 261 60 71 16 14 2047.0 2020 958 855 204 600 38 801 46 3 27 8596 106 1.280 8.9 0.9 2.6 3.5 1.34
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .565 3.76 41 27 6 7 2 1 210 207 98 88 21 61 4 82 5 0 3 880 106 1.280 8.9 0.9 2.6 3.5 1.34
Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
KCR (10 yrs) 111 78 .587 3.72 310 219 37 61 14 12 1701.1 1628 792 704 166 503 31 633 40 3 24 7108 108 1.253 8.6 0.9 2.7 3.3 1.26
CHC (5 yrs) 3 10 .231 5.01 59 14 20 1 0 2 138.1 165 84 77 23 44 5 86 3 0 3 618 82 1.511 10.7 1.5 2.9 5.6 1.95
NYY (2 yrs) 12 9 .571 3.21 34 28 3 9 2 0 207.1 227 82 74 15 53 2 82 3 0 0 870 115 1.350 9.9 0.7 2.3 3.6 1.55
AL (12 yrs) AL 123 87 .586 3.67 344 247 40 70 16 12 1908.2 1855 874 778 181 556 33 715 43 3 24 7978 108 1.263 8.7 0.9 2.6 3.4 1.29
NL (5 yrs) NL 3 10 .231 5.01 59 14 20 1 0 2 138.1 165 84 77 23 44 5 86 3 0 3 618 82 1.511 10.7 1.5 2.9 5.6 1.95

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1970 22 CHC NL 38.0 3 18 24 0 .7 6 0.4 $
1971 23 CHC NL 3.0 0 3 2 0 1.5 -1 -0.1 $
1972 24 CHC NL 12.1 0 5 7 0 1.1 2 0.1 $
1973 25 CHC NL 64.2 7 39 42 -2 .8 3 0.1 $
1974 26 NYY AL 56.0 8 17 28 1 1.0 11 1.3 $
1975 27 NYY AL 151.1 20 65 79 5 .9 14 1.4 $
1976 28 KCR AL 62.2 2 20 33 2 .6 13 1.0 $
1977 29 KCR AL 106.1 6 43 60 2 1.0 17 1.3 $
1978 30 KCR AL 221.2 26 73 112 8 1.1 39 4.5 $ CYA-7,MVP-23
1979 31 KCR AL 233.2 33 137 138 6 1.0 1 0.0 $
1980 32 KCR AL 283.1 36 107 164 4 .9 57 5.8 $ AS,CYA-6
1981 33 KCR AL 172.1 23 61 92 1 1.0 31 3.4 $ CYA-9
1982 34 KCR AL 248.0 37 124 140 7 1.0 16 1.6 $
1983 35 KCR AL 200.1 31 119 124 -4 1.1 5 0.5 $
1984 36 KCR AL 168.2 25 102 92 8 .9 -10 -1.1 $
1985 37 KCR AL 4.1 0 6 3 0 1.4 -3 -0.4 $
1985 37 CHC NL 20.1 4 19 12 0 1.0 -7 -0.7 $
16 Seasons 2047.0 261 958 1152 38 1.0 194 19.1 $
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
KCR (10 yrs) 1701.1 219 792 958 34 1.0 166 16.6 $
CHC (5 yrs) 138.1 14 84 87 -2 .8 3 -0.2 $
NYY (2 yrs) 207.1 28 82 107 6 .9 25 2.7 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1976 28 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 4.22 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 18 6 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 50 1.781 15.2 0.8 0.8 3.4 4.00
1977 29 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 18.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 5 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 4.000 31.5 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1978 30 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 1 0 1.000 2.84 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 8 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 28 1.579 11.4 0.0 2.8 2.8 1.00
1980 32 KCR AL ALCS W NYY 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 2 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 38 1.222 10.0 2.0 1.0 4.0 4.00
1980 32 KCR AL WS L PHI 0 0 2.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 8 4 3 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 46 0.892 5.8 0.7 2.2 2.9 1.33
1981 33 KCR AL ALDS L OAK 0 1 .000 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 4 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 20 2.727 17.2 2.5 7.4 7.4 1.00
5 Seasons (6 Series) 2 3 .400 3.89 9 8 0 1 0 0 44.0 58 23 19 5 11 0 19 0 0 0 196 1.568 11.9 1.0 2.3 3.9 1.73
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 4 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 20 2.727 17.2 2.5 7.4 7.4 1.00
4 ALCS 2 2 .500 4.18 6 5 0 1 0 0 28.0 43 15 13 3 5 0 12 0 0 0 130 1.714 13.8 1.0 1.6 3.9 2.40
1 WS 0 0 2.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 8 4 3 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 46 0.892 5.8 0.7 2.2 2.9 1.33

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1970 22 CHC NL 20 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1971 23 CHC NL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1972 24 CHC NL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1973 25 CHC NL 22 18 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .200 .250 .200 .450 23 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1974 26 NYY AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1975 27 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 28 KCR AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 29 KCR AL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 30 KCR AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-7,MVP-23
1979 31 KCR AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 32 KCR AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-6
1981 33 KCR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-9
1982 34 KCR AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 35 KCR AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 36 KCR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 37 TOT MLB 8 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1985 37 CHC NL 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0 0 0 /11
1985 37 KCR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /11
16 Seasons 405 38 33 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .091 .143 .091 .234 -36 3 0 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .091 .143 .091 .234 -36 1 0 0 1 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
KCR (10 yrs) 311 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (5 yrs) 60 38 33 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .091 .143 .091 .234 -36 3 0 0 3 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 345 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 60 38 33 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .091 .143 .091 .234 -36 3 0 0 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1970 22 CHC NL 11 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1971 23 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1972 24 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1973 25 CHC NL 18 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $15,000 1
1985 37 CHC NL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /11
5 Seasons 38 -5 0 0 0 0 3 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $15,000

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1970 CHC NL 22 P 20 38.0 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.66 0.35 .951 1.85 1.84
1971 CHC NL 23 P 6 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1972 CHC NL 24 P 7 12.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.19 0.43 .950 1.75 1.79
1973 CHC NL 25 P 21 64.2 20 7 13 0 0 1.000 2.78 0.95 .950 1.88 1.88
1974 NYY AL 26 P 8 56.0 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.93 1.50 .947 1.82 1.80
1975 NYY AL 27 P 26 151.1 29 8 21 0 2 1.000 1.72 1.12 .940 1.87 1.86
1976 KCR AL 28 P 20 62.2 16 4 12 0 2 1.000 2.30 0.80 .950 1.87 1.88
1977 KCR AL 29 P 52 106.1 26 6 18 2 1 .923 2.03 0.46 .948 1.95 1.93
1978 KCR AL 30 P 35 221.2 58 13 44 1 2 .983 2.31 1.63 .954 1.90 1.88 CYA-7,MVP-23
1979 KCR AL 31 P 39 233.2 55 15 38 2 5 .964 2.04 1.36 .949 1.92 1.89
1980 KCR AL 32 P 36 283.1 59 9 50 0 3 1.000 1.87 1.64 .957 1.85 1.85 AS,CYA-6
1981 KCR AL 33 P 23 172.1 39 9 30 0 4 1.000 2.04 1.70 .963 1.98 1.98 CYA-9
1982 KCR AL 34 P 37 248.0 59 7 50 2 6 .966 2.07 1.54 .958 1.80 1.80
1983 KCR AL 35 P 34 200.1 54 12 42 0 5 1.000 2.43 1.59 .958 1.80 1.78
1984 KCR AL 36 P 31 168.2 36 6 30 0 1 1.000 1.92 1.16 .958 1.79 1.78
1985 TOT MLB 37 P 8 24.2 10 6 4 0 0 1.000 3.65 1.25 .953 1.90 1.89
1985 CHC NL 37 P 5 20.1 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 3.54 1.60 .952 1.90 1.92
1985 KCR AL 37 P 3 4.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.15 0.67 .955 1.87 1.83
16 Seasons P 403 2047.0 483 107 369 7 32 .986 2.09 1.18 .954 1.87 1.86
16 Seasons TOT 403 2047.0 483 107 369 7 32 .986 2.09 1.18 .954 1.87 1.86
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1991 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1980

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (23, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1362nd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (7, 1%)
1980 AL (6, 1%)
1981 AL (9, 1%)
0.03 Career Shares (239th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1980 AL  5.8 (3rd)
1981 AL  3.4 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1978 AL  2.72 (6th)
1980 AL  2.95 (5th)
1981 AL  2.72 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1980 AL  18 (8th)
1981 AL  11 (10th)
1982 AL  18 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1978 AL  .800 (3rd)
1980 AL  .643 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1978 AL  1.096 (4th)
1981 AL  1.010 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  7.430 (3rd)
1981 AL  7.259 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 AL  1.828 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1980 AL  283.3 (3rd)
1981 AL  172.3 (8th)
1982 AL  248.0 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1980 AL  36 (4th)
1981 AL  23 (9th)
1982 AL  37 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1980 AL  16 (4th)
1981 AL  12 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1980 AL  4 (3rd)
1981 AL  2 (8th)
1982 AL  3 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 AL  29 (6th)
1982 AL  31 (6th)
1984 AL  26 (8th)
Career  204 (193rd)

Hits s c a p y
1980 AL  272 (4th)
1982 AL  251 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1983 AL  18 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1979 AL  116 (4th)
1982 AL  111 (7th)
1983 AL  109 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 AL  7 (8th)
1983 AL  8 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1980 AL  1,175 (1st)
1981 AL  680 (10th)
1982 AL  1,042 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1978 AL  142 (6th)
1980 AL  137 (4th)
1981 AL  133 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1978 AL  29 (7th)
1980 AL  33 (3rd)
1981 AL  16 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1978 AL  3.1 (7th)
1980 AL  3.5 (3rd)
1981 AL  1.7 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1978 AL  29.93 (9th)
1980 AL  32.14 (4th)
1981 AL  17.30 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1980 AL  3.2 (8th)
1981 AL  2.5 (4th)
Career  8.5 (238th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1978 AL  2.5 (8th)
1980 AL  2.7 (7th)
1981 AL  2.3 (2nd)
Career  6.5 (242nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1978 AL  3.2 (8th)
1980 AL  3.4 (5th)
1981 AL  1.9 (7th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1978 AL  44 (5th)
1980 AL  50 (3rd)
1982 AL  50 (2nd)
1983 AL  42 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1980 AL  1.000 (1st)
1981 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 55 (460), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 25 (516), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (403), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197325Chicago Cubs$15,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197426Texas Rangers$15,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197931Kansas City Royals$265,0001979 TSN Guide$125K salary; $100K bonus; $600K deferred
198032Kansas City Royals$265,0001979 TSN Guide$125K salary; $100K bonus; $600K deferred
198133Kansas City Royals$265,0001979 TSN Guide$125K salary; $100K bonus; $600K deferred
198234Kansas City Royals$265,0001979 TSN Guide$125K salary; $100K bonus; $600K deferred
198335Kansas City Royals$265,0001979 TSN Guide$125K salary; $100K bonus; $600K deferred
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,355,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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